It has been months since a group of Trump administration officials put together a Signal group chat to discuss classified military intelligence ahead of a military strike in Yemen while inadvertently adding a journalist, and now the Pentagonâs inspector general has released its report on the mess. The results of Steven Stebbinsâ eight-month-long investigation found [âŠ] Read more âș
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Microsoft has been publishing data about the gender, race, and ethnic breakdown of its employees for more than a decade. Since 2019 it's been publishing a full diversity and inclusion report annually, and at the same time made reporting on diversity a requirement for employee performance reviews. Now it's scrapping its diversity report and dropping [âŠ] Read more âș
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The Trump administration has ordered US consulates to consider rejecting H1-B visa applicants involved in content moderation or âcensorship,â according to a report from Reuters. A State Department cable viewed by the outlet says officials should check an applicantâs resume or LinkedIn profile for a job history involving moderation, fact-checking, online safety, compliance, and misinformation. [âŠ] Read more âș
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Following the recent retirement of former COO Jeff Williams, AI chief John Giannandrea stepping down, and the departure of head of design Alan Dye for Meta, Apple announced Thursday that environmental and policy lead Lisa Jackson is retiring and that Jennifer Newstead will replace Kate Adams as the companyâs general counsel after Adams retires âlate [âŠ] Read more âș
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Russia is restricting access to Roblox after the countryâs communications regulator Roskomnadzor accused it of promoting extremism and âLGBT propaganda,â according to reports from Reuters and Meduza. As reported by Meduza, Russian lawmakers began raising concerns about Roblox days after The Guardian published a report about the platform last month, detailing how the author was [âŠ] Read more âș
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Tiny kei trucks from Japan have a new fan: President Donald Trump. Trump expressed admiration for the pint-sized autos during a briefing with reporters to announce his plan to gut fuel economy standards. âTheyâre very small. Theyâre really cute,â Trump said. âAnd I said, how would that do in this country? And everyone seems to think, good, [âŠ] Read more âș
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It turns out my parents were wrong. Saying "please" doesn't get you what you want-poetry does. At least, it does if you're talking to an AI chatbot. That's according to a new study from Italy's Icaro Lab, an AI evaluation and safety initiative from researchers at Rome's Sapienza University and AI company DexAI. The findings [âŠ] Read more âș
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Amazon has finally given a release date for its new Kindle Scribe Colorsoft and Kindle Scribe: Theyâll be available to purchase starting on December 10th, Amazon spokesperson Rachel Erickson tells The Verge. Theyâll cost the same as what Amazon announced back in September: $629.99 for the Colorsoft and $499.99 for the Scribe, which includes a [âŠ] Read more âș
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After over 30 years, Amazon may be cutting ties with the United States Postal Service as it looks to expand its own delivery network, as reported by The Washington Post. The outlet, owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, cites anonymous sources who said negotiations between Amazon and Trump-appointed USPS Postmaster General David Steiner have reportedly [âŠ] Read more âș
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Whether youâre wearing them for the morning commute, while traveling, or if youâre simply trying to find some peace and quiet while working at home, noise-canceling headphones are a more essential piece of kit nowadays than ever before. And youâve got a slew of great options to pick from; itâs hard to make a bad [âŠ] Read more âș
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With DJI facing an imminent import ban in the US and its flagship drones disappearing from shelves, the new Antigravity A1 didnât need to be a groundbreaking gadget to make headlines. It just needed to be a competent alternative that you can actually buy in the United States. In August, the Chinese brand couldnât promise [âŠ] Read more âș
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BMW has been peppering us with teasers and bits and pieces about its next-gen EV platform, Neue Klasse, for so long - fully two years now - that I confess I've become a bit numb to the hype. I'd seen the dashboard-filling displays, talked to engineers endlessly about the completely retooled active safety suite, and [âŠ] Read more âș
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Itâs getting harder and harder for the Hubble and other telescopes orbiting Earth to capture pristine images thanks to the sudden surge in satellite launches. Satellite trails could mess up nearly 40 percent of images the Hubble takes and up to 96 percent of those taken by three other telescopes over the next decade, according [âŠ] Read more âș
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This is an excerpt of Sources by Alex Heath, a newsletter about AI and the tech industry, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. Dario Amodei took the stage at the DealBook Summit on Wednesday to throw punches without naming names. The Anthropic CEO spent a good chunk of the interview with Andrew [âŠ] Read more âș
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A smart lock is an easy solution to some common problems. Locked yourself out? Need to let a friend in to water the plants? Your latchkey kid lost their key? Hands are full, and itâs raining cats and dogs? A smart lock solves all of these problems and more. One of the best smart home [âŠ] Read more âș
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Reddit is âmoving awayâ from r/popular, the default feed for new users, and plans to replace it with âbetter, more relevant and personalized feeds,â according to CEO Steve Huffman (aka Spez). Huffman also notes that r/popular âsucks.â âFor a long while, we were known as the âfront page of the internet,â but weâve outgrown a [âŠ] Read more âș
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President Donald Trump announced a new plan that lets carmakers pollute more by making less fuel efficient vehicles. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said today that itâll roll back fuel economy rules finalized last year by the Biden administration for model year 2022-2031 vehicles. The Trump administration has eliminated incentives for EV purchases, [âŠ] Read more âș
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Alan Dye, who has led Appleâs UI design team since 2015, is leaving to join Meta as its chief design officer, Bloomberg reports. Heâll join Meta on December 31st, and Meta is opening a design studio and giving Dye oversight of design for âhardware, software and AI integration for its interfaces,â according to Bloomberg. Dye [âŠ] Read more âș
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REI took a hike during Black Friday, but the retailer is back with a full week of deals. Now through December 8th, REI is hosting a Cyber Week sale that offers big discounts on gadgets and gear designed for the outdoors. If youâre planning to hit the slopes this winter, nowâs a good time to [âŠ] Read more âș
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MLB The Show is coming to iOS and Android. Sony has revealed MLB The Show Mobile, which it says is âa new standalone experience built from the ground up to deliver realistic baseball gameplay on mobile devices.â The game is live now only in the Philippines (hereâs a Google Play link for the game), and [âŠ] Read more âș
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Woojer is best known for its vibrating vests and belt straps that let you feel the sounds from games, movies, and music. Now the company has taken that same haptic technology and incorporated it into a new mattress topper called the Woojer Mat that will let you feel those same vibrations across your entire body [âŠ] Read more âș
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Micron is retiring the Crucial brand, marking the end of its line of budget-friendly solid-state drives (SSDs) and RAM kits, as reported earlier by VideoCardz. In an announcement on Wednesday, Micron says winding down its consumer-focused business will âimprove supply and support for our larger, strategic customers in faster-growing segmentsâ â a.k.a. AI companies. The [âŠ] Read more âș
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Fitness trackers have come a long way from the simple bands that tracked steps and little else. Modern trackers can monitor everything from your heart health to how well youâve recovered from a hard bout of training. Even flagship smartwatches, which used to be lackluster trackers, have become pretty adept workout companions. Whatever your fitness [âŠ] Read more âș
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Smartwatches have become health gadgets. Over the last five years or so, Apple, Garmin, Google, Samsung, and practically every other company wanting to strap their wares to your wrist have emphasized exercise integrations, sleep tracking, hypertension monitoring, and more. The most expensive among these devices are also satellite communicators, because now that you have a [âŠ] Read more âș
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Fitness trackers have come a long way from the simple bands that tracked steps and little else. Modern trackers can monitor everything from your heart health to how well youâve recovered from a hard bout of training. Even flagship smartwatches, which used to be lackluster trackers, have become pretty adept workout companions. Whatever your fitness [âŠ] Read more âș
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Elon Musk envisions Grokipedia - xAI's AI-generated, anti-woke spin on Wikipedia - as a definitive monument to human knowledge, something complete and truthful enough to etch in stone and preserve in space. In reality, it's a hot mess, and it's only getting worse now that anyone can suggest edits. Grokipedia was not always editable. When [âŠ] Read more âș
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Spotify may have popularized the Wrapped user recap trend, but more companies are jumping on that bandwagon every year. From rival music streaming providers like Apple, Amazon, YouTube, and Deezer, to completely unrelated services across tech, gaming, and other industries, a huge range of companies are using fun visuals, stats, and personalization features to show [âŠ] Read more âș
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Resideoâs newest thermostat looks like a compelling alternative to Nest or Ecobee if youâre looking for a premium smart thermostat. The Honeywell Home X8S is compatible with Matter, supports room sensors, and features a sleek 5-inch touchscreen that works as an intercom for Ring and First Alert video doorbells. The $219.99 thermostat launches this week, and [âŠ] Read more âș
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All I wanted was a pair of New Balances. I was done trusting stylish influencers who swore Vans, Converse, and Allbirds were up to the challenge of walking 20,000 steps day in and day out. They are not. Fall is the season of holiday sales, so there's no better time to shop⊠if you're immune [âŠ] Read more âș
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Horses, a first-person narrative horror game, was banned from the Epic Games Store just hours before it was set to launch on December 2nd. Then, a day after launch, the Humble store banned it as well. The decision shocked the developers at Santa Ragione, makers of the critically respected Saturnalia, as these storefronts were the [âŠ] Read more âș
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